How long does it take to read Hostage?
Hostage by Madeleine Ker takes about 3 hours 25 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 25 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1985. 186 pages, about 51,150 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 41 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 25 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 8 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Their marriage was not a question of love Inheriting her father's financial empire was the last thing fashion designer Sabrina Westlake had wanted. She'd never loved Simon Westlake, a cold and domineering tyrant, and when she was forced to marry his enemy, rival industrialist Leo L'Aquila, to save the Westlake enterprises, she realized she'd merely exchanged one form of dominance for another. Especially when she learned Leo's real purpose in marrying her was for vengeance, sweet and simple
Subjects: Fiction, Love stories
